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SC/6137

SANCTIONS COMMITTEE AGREES ON EXPORT/IMPORT MECHANISM FOR IRAQ

6 December 1995


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IK/184


SANCTIONS COMMITTEE AGREES ON EXPORT/IMPORT MECHANISM FOR IRAQ

19951206 Following is the text of a statement issued today by Tono Eitel (Germany), Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 661 (1990) which is monitoring the sanctions against Iraq, on behalf of Committee members:

SC/6135

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNTIL 30 MAY 1996 MANDATE OF PREVENTIVE FORCE IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

30 November 1995


Press Release
SC/6135


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNTIL 30 MAY 1996 MANDATE OF PREVENTIVE FORCE IN FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

19951130 Resolution 1027 (1995) Also Requests Report on Mission by 31 January 1996

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Preventive Deployment Force (UNPREDEP) in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for a six-month period, terminating on 30 May 1996.

SC/6136

NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN DECEMBER

30 November 1995


Press Release
SC/6136


NEW CHAIRMEN OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY BODIES IN DECEMBER

19951130 In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following new Chairmen of United Nations security bodies will take office on 1 December:

SECURITY COUNCIL

Sergey V. Lavrov (Russian Federation) will succeed Salim Mohammed Al'Khussaiby (Oman) as President of the Security Council.

MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE

SC/6134

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNPROFOR MANDATE UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1996

30 November 1995


Press Release
SC/6134


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNPROFOR MANDATE UNTIL 31 JANUARY 1996

19951130

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Protection Force (UNPROFOR) for a two-month period until 31 January 1996, pending further action by the Council with regard to implementation of the General Framework Agreement for Peace (Peace Agreement) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

SC/6131

SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MANDATE OF UNDOF UNTIL 31 MAY

28 November 1995


Press Release
SC/6131


SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MANDATE OF UNDOF UNTIL 31 MAY

19951128

The Security Council this afternoon renewed the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) on the Syrian Golan Heights for a further six months, until 31 May 1996. The Force was established in 1974 to supervise the cease-fire called for by the May 1974 Agreement on Disengagement between Israeli and Syrian forces.

SC/6129

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO FIGHTING IN SIERRA LEONE

27 November 1995


Press Release
SC/6129


SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO FIGHTING IN SIERRA LEONE

19951127

The Security Council this afternoon called for an immediate end to the fighting in Sierra Leone and urged the Revolutionary United Front whose attempt to overthrow the Government in 1991 began the conflict, to take advantage of the Secretary-General's offer of good offices to facilitate negotiations.

SC/6127

SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES ON PHASED LIFTING OF ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST FORMER YUGOSLAVIA BY VOTE OF 14 TO NONE, WITH RUSSIAN FEDERATION ABSTAINING

Unanimously Decides on Conditional Suspension of General Sanctions Against Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Subject to Follow-Up of Peace Agreement

 

The Security Council this afternoon decided to end the arms embargo on the former Yugoslavia and to indefinitely suspend a series of sanctions on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) which have been in place since May 1992.